Tradition and Transition - Hardcover

by Paton Yoder (Author)

This one hundred year story of the Amish church depicts the survival of the believers in the early part of the nineteenth century. Revealing the agony of the Great Schism of 1865 which fractured the Amish church, Yoder reveals the coming maturity of the Old Order Amish and the Amish Mennonites, who merged with the Mennonites early in the twentieth century. This book sheds light on the identity and heritage of faith and lifestyle of today's Amish and many Mennonites, and posits that although they hold in common the basic Christian faith, differences in their patterns of obedience remain.

Author Biography

Paton Yoder taught American history for forty years at a number of educational institutions, including Westmont College, California; Taylor University, Indiana; Heston College, Kansas; and Malone College, Ohio. Dr. Yoder is a graduate of Goshen College and received his Ph.D. in history from Indiana University.

Yoder's forebears are Amish Mennonite from the nineteenth century Amish. He has authored such works as Eine Wurzel, Tennessee John Stoltzfus, Amish Church-Related Documents and Family Letters and Taverns and Travelers: Inns of the Early Midwest.